Improvement in camp-stoves



UNITED STATES fPrrrinvr- OFFICE.

HORACE L. DUNOKLEE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN cAMP-sToVEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,725, dated June9.2, 1875 applicationled l March 31, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hormon L. DUNCKLEE, of Boston, in the county ot'Suttolk and State ,ot' Massachusetts, have invented new and use.

ful Improvements in Camp-Stoves, ot' which the following is aspecification:

Thisinvention relates to campstoves, and,

more particularly, it is designed for securing increased portab1l1ty andcompactness in packing when not in use, and also for giving additionalconveniences and appurtenances to the stove, thereby increasing itsefficiency.

The invention consists ot a camp-stove hav- 4ing its tire-chamber madeas ordinarily, of

` bottom or top ot' the stove, ot' being packed away within thetire-chamber of` the stove, and when so packed away be in position forstowing away within it, and within the rechamber about it, the variouscooking utensils-such as a stew or frying pan, waterkettle, funnel,legs, Ste., accompanying the stoveand without interfering with thereplacing ot' the top or bottom ot' the stove, as the ease may be, whichhad been removed for the purpose ot' placing the oven-chamber in thefirevchamber ofthe stove. It also consists in the arrangement ot' theshelf-supports within the oven-chamber for ready attachment anddetachment, as may be desired.

ln the accompanying platel ot' drawings, Illy-improvements incamp-stoves are illustrated, Figure l being a plan'view ot' the sameequipped with lits oven-chamber and ready for use; Fig. 2, substantiallya vertical section from front to rear of the stove, with an elevationot' the interior of oven-chamber, which has been swung open on itshinges 5 Fig. 3, a vertical section along line x a', Fig. l Fig. 4, aVertical section along line y y, Fig. 2 Fig. 5, a view showing improvedfastening of a handle to a sauce or fry pan for convenience of attachingand detaching it. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the stove on a reduced scalefrom Fig.'l,iishowing the oven-chamber as placed in it, and in positionfor packing away the cooking utensils, &c.

In the drawings, A represents a camp stove, made ot' sheet metal, asordinarily, and sup B sets over the top edge b ot the stove-chamf i ber,and is capableof ready attachment and V detachment. c, theoven-chamber.V This yovenchamber is made of sheet metalyas ordinarily,and is hung, by hinges c, to the rear side ot' the stove A, so that itcan be swung open or closed, as may be necessary.- `This oven-` chamberO is made ot' the shape shown, and its length and height are such that,being detached from the stove, it can Abe received wit-hin thetire-chamber D otl the stove, and, restinglon the bottom thereof', haveits inside or chamber E exposed for packing away therein and aboutit'with'in the tire-chamber D the various appurtenances ot the stove--such as a stew-pan, kettle, funnel, legs, (Sto.- the whole then beingcovered by placing the detachable top plate B of the stove over the topedge b ot' the stove. F, a sheltl attached tothe front and top edge ot'the stove by inserting its arm lin the strap g of. the stove. rThisshelf is convenient for'setting a coeepot, Ste., in the use of thestove, and as applied is free to vbe attached or removed, as

may be desired. h, an gle-shaped strips, maklng the support for a shelt'or pan, Gr, in the oven -chamber O. These strips 71. are supported onbuttons in, fastened to the insidel face of oven-chamber, and are freeto be removed, so as to leave the oven-chamber the clearer for thestowing away of the cooking and other appurtenances, as before stated-H,'a stew or fry pan, and nits handle. The handle a hooks, by its hookend o, into the strap p ot' the pan H, and from the strap it can bereadily released when desired to pack the pan away.

It is obvious the stove can be made of castiron, or the removable top bemade of cast- :iron and the rest of sheet metal; but it is preferableto` `make it all of sheet metal, as it is lighter and easier oftransportation; also,

`as many of the shelves F can be arranged upon the stove as isdesirable.

Having now described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The Combination, with a camp-stove having a removable top or bottom,of an oven hinged to the exterior of the stove, and constructed to havea swinging motion for removing or detaohing it, and adapted to bearranged, after removal, Within the said stove, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination, in a camp-stove provided With the oven C, having theanges m, of' the removable flanges h, for supporting` the shelf or panG, substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 20th day ofMarch, A. D. 1875.

HORACE L. DUNCKLEE.

Vitnesses:

EDWiN W. BROWN, GEO. H. EARL.

